Wow - be your own SEED BANK!

Sometimes, I love the connections we can find on the internet, it balances out the times when I'm freaked out that the internet is a place where everyone knows everyone.  Recently I found a link to someone in Canada, who has started her own Seed Bank!  What a great project.  Unfortunately, I've been unable to open her  blog recently,  but here is the address.  http://populuxe.ca/blog/?page_id=43 or try her Etsy shop.  

I am going to donate some of the tomato seeds I have that she doesn't have yet, and maybe even volunteer for her pepper "dehybridization" project.  I needed something to get me jazzed about being a seed grower - and not having Phd. after my name.  Of course we can all save seeds in our own seed bank - of course we can all work to create more open pollinated plants!  I really like my Canadian gardening friends, not only are they growing wonderful plants in a cold climate, but they are so friendly.  Somewhere, my Canadian grandparents are smiling (even though they never new me). 

And here are some photos of the sprouting seeds - Merlot lettuce, Black tomato, Arugula, Coriander, and Jalapeno pepper.  For those of you new to seed starting, peppers and tomatoes look similar at this stage, but soon the articulated tomato leaves will appear.  It's nice to have green things growing when our forecast this week is for sleet, rain, and snow. Check out the coriander/cilantro seed covering still attached to the tender leaves!